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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Belgian dredging and marine engineering company Jan de Nul has taken delivery of ' DN 75' ,a new purpose built fast survey vessel currently in transit to Dubai, where it will be…

20th March 2008

New Survey Boat for Jan de Nul

20th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Two Scottish companies, SeeByte and Subsea 7, are to collaborate in development of a new generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the offshore oil and gas industries.

20th March 2008

Joint AUV Development

20th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

SEA in Somerset, which specialises in seabed classification and other underwater systems, has been chosen to develop a deep ocean low frequency swath survey sonar for the UK National Oceanography Centre' s…

20th March 2008

SEA to develop survey sonar for TOBI

20th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Concerned that graduates from survey courses recruited into the offshore industry do not necessarily have the requisite levels of knowledge to begin a successful career, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has…

20th March 2008

IMCA Guidelines for Graduate Surveyors

20th March 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

PD Ports (PDP) in the UK has  announced that it has received formal planning approval for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in the North East of England.

20th March 2008

PD Ports Gets Go Ahead for NGCT

20th March 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Professor Kees d’ Angremond, a leading consultant on coastal engineering, has called for major change in the way countries and corporations plan, execute and manage coastal development.

20th March 2008

Call for Change in Coastal Management

20th March 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord and Boskalis in The Netherlands, represented by Van Oord' s  managing director John van Herwijnen and Boskalis CEO Peter Berdowski,  have signed the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port expansion…

20th March 2008

Boskalis and Van Oord Sign Contract for Maasvlakte 2

20th March 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

TTS has been chosen by Stena Line BV to deliver adjustable upper and lower deck linkspans at Hoek van Holland to serve two new vessels now building at AkerYards in Germany as…

20th March 2008

TTS to Supply Linkspans for New Stena Vessels

20th March 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Projected sea level increases, more intense rainfall and stronger wind speeds are expected to increase flood risk in the future, and understanding the level of risk from waves overtopping seawalls or other…

20th March 2008

New Wave Overtopping Calculation Tools Launched

20th March 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

In a series of technical tours run in conjunction with the PIANC-COPEDEC VII conference discussed above, participants learned valuable lessons about how projects like Sama Dubai’ s Lagoons, Dubai Maritime City, Palm…

20th March 2008

Experts Dazzled by Dubais Coastal Vision

20th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland have applauded the US decision last month to implement Enhanced Loran (eLoran) in the US as a complement to the Global Positioning…

20th March 2008

GLAs Applaud US eLoran Decision

20th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A marine course at South Tyneside College in the UK is helping to address skills shortages training which could help save shipping companies thousands of pounds in staffing costs.

20th March 2008

Bright Sparks Address Skills Shortage

20th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

With the training and retention of mariners a continuing issue for the shipping community, it comes as good news that ex-fireman cadet Peter Sommerfield has recently qualified in the UK as a…

20th March 2008

Worlds Most Mature Cadet Qualifies

20th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A total of 26 Kongsberg Maritime Neptune Engine Room Simulators (ERS) and Cargo Handling Simulators (CHS) have received a new Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Statement of Compliance this year according to new…

20th March 2008

Simulators Secure DNV Approval

20th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A campaign to increase the number of Merchant Navy recruits in Scotland has been launched by Scottish Enterprise, with   £ 250,000 initiative aimed at attracting more officer cadets into the industry.

20th March 2008

Careers Website to boost Merchant Navy

20th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is strengthening its reputation as an international training centre by educating students from around the world. Students from six different countries were the latest to learn…

20th March 2008

Training Charts an International Course

20th March 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Macduff Shipyards Limited have recently completed their most prestigious order to date with the handing over of the Fisheries Research Vessel (FRV) ' Alba Na Mara' . The 27m steel vessel was…

20th March 2008

Fisheries Research Vessel Sets New Standards

20th March 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Seattle USA based Foss Maritime Company has announced that it has entered into an alliance with Houston based Signet Maritime Corporation.

20th March 2008

Foss Maritime and Signet Maritime Join Forces

20th March 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Landfall Transport & Towage BV and Neptune Marine Services BV recently announced that they have joined forces and formed a new company to undertake international deep sea towage and offshore services.

20th March 2008

A New Dutch Towage Company is Formed

20th March 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In the present commercial climate it is rare in Europe for outdated shiphandling tugs to be subjected to a major reconstruction and even more unusual for a single screw vessel to re-emerge…

20th March 2008

Twin Screw Conversions Continue at Bollinger

20th March 2008